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Academic journals, journalists perpetuate misinformation in their handling of research retractions, a new study finds

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Journals can take years to retract unreliable research, and journalists often fail to inform the public when the discoveries they have reported are later determined…

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Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream

By Apisalome Movono, Anna Carr, Emma Hughes, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Jeremy William Hapeta, Regina Scheyvens and Rochelle Stewart-Withers

Australian Capital Territory

Supporting Indigenous scholars and Indigenous scholarship is essential. The suggested approaches here would go some way to supporting this.

Fudged research results erode people's trust in experts and damage the reputation of evidenced-based policy

By Gavin Moodie

Career Advice

It is hard to argue for evidence-based policy and practice if there are serious doubts about the quality of the evidence. Even where there is…